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• Evaluation of the physiological and pathological implications of circulating and/or platelet associated procoagulant microparticles in atherothrombosis

  Platelet-derived microparticles facilitate interaction with other cell groups and may have a prothrombotic effect in certain pathological situation...

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• Clinical cohorts of prodromal & established disease

  We have built unique prospective cohorts for the clinical and biological characterization of at-risk and prodromal Parkinson’s disease cohorts, e.g...

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• Novel diagnostic & prognostic biomarkers

  We seek, set-up and introduce clinically meaningful biomarkers. Hence, we pioneered the alpha-synuclein seed amplification assay in CSF, being the...

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• Innovative tissue & cellular models of disease

  We investigate the pathophysiological mechanisms and pathways to unravel novel therapeutic targets of neurodegenerative movement disorders using hu...

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• 1. Deep phenotyping of pulmonary hypertension in chronic respiratory diseases

  Our group is currently investigating the endogenous phenotype that determines the heterogeneity of pulmonary hypertension in chronic airway obstruc...

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• 2. Metabolic profiling of pulmonary vascular cells in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

  To characterize the cell proliferative process that underlies the development of pulmonary hypertension in patients with thromboembolic pulmonary d...

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• 3. Assessing prehabilitation as preventive intervention to reduce postoperative complications

  The group is currently involved in a randomized control trial evaluating the impact of a prehabilitation program in the setting of cardiac surgery....

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• 4. Evaluating modalities of perioperative ventilatory support

  We are working on several physiological proof-of-concept studies and have promoted three international, multicentre, randomized controlled trials.

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• 5. Implementation of integrated care services with a digital health and systems medicine approach

  We are currently undertaking research projects addressed to clinical risk assessment and service selection, promotion of healthy lifestyles, collab...

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• 1. Inflammation of the upper and lower respiratory mucosa

  Mechanisms involved in sinonasal and bronchial development, inflammation, and remodeling.

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• 2. Sense of smell in health and disease

  Mechanisms involved in olfactory dysfunction (rhinitis, rhinosinusitis, septal perforation) and neurogenesis of sinonasal diseases, traumatic brain...

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• 3. Food and drug allergy

  Genetic, immunological, and biochemical mechanisms of respiratory, food, and drug allergy.

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• 4. Glucocorticoid resistance

  Mechanisms and biomarkers involved in glucocorticoid resistance of respiratory and non-respiratory diseases.

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• 5. Aspirin and Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug (NSAID) intolerance

  Mechanisms of allergy and co-factors, regulation of cyclooxygenase, leukotriene, and prostaglandins (PGE2) and their receptors.

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• 6. Pathophysiology of eosinophils, mast cells, and basophils

  Anaphylactic reactions (mastocytosis, adapter molecules in the signaling of IgE). Antiinflammatory drug effect in eosinophils and epithelial cells...

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• 7. Skull base tumours

  Impact of skull base tumours in quality of life and olfaction. Different surgical approaches.

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• 1. Cortical network dynamics

  Neuronal and connectivity properties determining the emergent activity generated by neuronal networks. Aspects of spontaneous rhythmic neural activ...

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• 2. Brain states

  How is the activity that underlies different brain states, how are the transitions across them and whether we can exogenously induce them.

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• 3. Neurotechnology

  We explore new forms to interface the brain, to maintain a dialogue with it by means of recording and stimulation. Currently we are exploring the u...

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• 4. Virtual embodiment

  Our brain needs a body that is its interface with the world. Our body can be virtual, and still we can induce 'ownership' over it. We explore how t...

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